''Calycolpus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of the
botanical
Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...
family (biology), family Myrtaceae, first described as a genus in 1856.
Tropicos, ''Calycolpus'' O. Berg
/ref> It is native to the South America, Central America, and the West Indies.[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
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The species formerly called ''Calycolpus excisus'' is a small tree known only from the limestone mountains of eastern Cuba, now known as ''Eugenia excisa''. It is on the IUCN Red List, IUCN Red List of Threatened species]
;Species[
# ''Calycolpus aequatorialis'' Landrum - Sucumbíos
# ''Calycolpus alternifolius'' (Gleason) Landrum - S Venezuela
# ''Calycolpus andersonii'' Landrum - Pará
# ''Calycolpus australis'' Landrum - Minas Gerais
# ''Calycolpus bolivarensis'' Landrum - Bolívar State (Venezuela), Bolívar State
# ''Calycolpus calophyllus'' (Kunth) O.Berg - Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, N Brazil
# ''Calycolpus cochleatus'' McVaugh - Bolívar State (Venezuela), Bolívar State, Guyana
# ''Calycolpus goetheanus'' (Mart. ex DC.) O.Berg - Trinidad, N South America
# ''Calycolpus legrandii'' Mattos - Alagoas, Bahia
# ''Calycolpus moritzianus'' (O.Berg) Burret - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador
# ''Calycolpus revolutus'' (Schauer) O.Berg - Guyana, Suriname, Fr Guiana
# ''Calycolpus roraimensis'' Steyerm. - Venezuela, Guyana, Rondônia, Peru
# ''Calycolpus sessiliflorus'' Landrum - Bahia
# ''Calycolpus surinamensis'' McVaugh - Guyana, Suriname, Pará
# ''Calycolpus warscewiczianus'' O.Berg - Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua
]
References
Calycolpus,
Myrtaceae genera
Flora of the Neotropical realm
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